“Don’t do it in the dark room…” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hits back at Anthropic’s Dario Amodei over AI job loss warnings

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made headlines at the VivaTech conference in Paris this week after sharply disagreeing with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s warnings about AI’s impact on jobs.

Huang didn’t hold back. When asked about Amodei’s recent claim that AI could automate up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years, Huang replied, “I pretty much disagree with almost everything he says.”

Amodei, who leads AI safety-focused startup Anthropic, has repeatedly raised alarms about AI taking over jobs and becoming a potential existential threat. He’s also argued that only a few highly responsible players should build advanced AI systems.

But Huang pushed back. “If you want things to be done safely and responsibly, you do it in the open,” he said. “Don’t do it in a dark room and tell me it’s safe.”

He went on to say that while AI will change jobs, it won’t eliminate them wholesale. “Some jobs will be obsolete, but many more will be created,” he added, noting that higher productivity often leads to more hiring, not less.

In response, an Anthropic spokesperson clarified that Amodei never claimed only his company should build AI. Instead, he’s advocated for clear transparency standards so the public and policymakers can understand the risks.

Huang’s comments came just after Nvidia announced a new partnership with French AI startup Mistral to expand European computing capacity. He also teased progress on Nvidia’s quantum computing platform, CUDA-Q, saying the technology is reaching an “inflection point” and could soon start solving real-world problems.

With Nvidia powering much of the AI revolution through its chips and platforms, Huang’s optimistic tone offers a sharp contrast to Amodei’s caution—setting the stage for an ongoing debate over the future of work in an AI-driven world.